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Cydonia oblonga Mill.

Quince

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Quitte
English Quince
Français Cognassier
Italiano Cotogno
Suomi Quitte
Norsk Quitte
Čeština Quitte
Español Membrillero
Svenska Quitte
Polski Quitte
Український Quitte
Român Quitte
Русский Quitte
Български Quitte
EESTI Quitte
日本語 Quitte
Other names

Further information

InfoFlora
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Azerbaijan; Armenia; Georgia [Caucasus]; Northern Caucasus; Kazakhstan [c]; Albania [c]; Austria [c]; Channel Isl. [c]; Bulgaria [c]; Corsica [c]; Crete [c]; Czech Republic [c]; Slovakia [c]; France [c]; Germany [I]; Greece [c]; Switzerland [c]; Spain [c]; Hungary [c]; Italy [c]; former Yugoslavia [c]; Slovenia [c]; Croatia [c]; Portugal [c]; Romania [c]; Crimea [c]; Uzbekistan [c]; Turkmenistan [c]; Tajikistan [c]; Sardinia [c]; Sicily [c]; Australia [c] (South Australia [c]); Taiwan [c]; South Africa [c] (Free State [c]); New Caledonia [c]; Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); East Aegaean Isl. [c]; Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan [c]; Pakistan [c]; N-India [c]; Yemen [c]; China [c] (Fujian [c], Guizhou [c], Jiangxi [c], S-Shaanxi [c], Shanxi [c], Xinjiang [c]); Canary Isl. [c] (Tenerife [c], Hierro [c]); Cape Verde Isl. [c] (Santo Antao Isl. [c], Ilha de Sao Tiago [c], Fogo Isl. [c]); Algeria [c]; Morocco [c]; Tunisia [c]; Libya [c]; Mexico [c]; Colombia [c]; Guatemala [c]; Honduras [c]; El Salvador [c]; Ecuador [c]; Bolivia [c]; Nepal [c]; Vietnam [c]; USA [c] (California [c], Connecticut [c], Illinois [c], Massachusetts [c], Maryland [c], New York [c], Ohio [c], Oregon [c], Pennsylvania [c], Vermont [c]); Canada [c] (Ontario [c]); New Zealand [c]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated
Swiss wood Non-invasive and cultivated neophytes in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae
Genus Cydonia
Species oblonga
Author citation Mill.
Scientific name Cydonia oblonga Mill.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

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Cydonia oblonga , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

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, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

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, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Twigs

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, Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

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, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fall Leaves

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, Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson